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4 r . ' •» I x ' \. \ Ö hetmán 15 Youngsters Get Scholarships A rlington and Wasco played here Sunday w ith W asco winning b\ a score of 10 to 5, to make this the h ig h est score gam e played by the Sherm an county team this siaso n . In addition to M elletin of The Dalles who has hurled since the d e p a rtu re o f G eorge 'Jensen, Jim P artlo w worked the final innings. P artlo w came up from Linfield collegew ith Jim O’M eara, Wasco and Condon have been the .leaders in .the W heatland-Tim ber league th is year. A rlington de feated Condon in one early e n g ag em en t and Condon won from Wasco to m ake the* only defeats lo r the<e league leaders. Fossil end Mitchell are other team s in l he league. Many Others Expected To Pay Qwn W ay To Corvallis Campus Next Month Fifteen fortunate youngsters of this county have been award«, seholarsh.ps to the 4-H summer »‘ hool at Corvallis and w.ll leave J,lne ® for the campus to stay u"til the 20th. , •„ foregone conclusion) and congress T ra n sp o rta tio n cos.U of $3.75 w.ll votes m oney to pay the men and b ; »dd*d to the »12.00 expenses to provide shelter. A t long la s t of the trip . S cholarship pupils w.ll the w a r d ep artm en t has selected hr.ve the $12.00 paid fo r them . M edford and E ugene for canton- At C orvallis th ey will listen to me n t sites, estim ated by th e de- U lks by prom inent men • of the p a rtm e n t to cost $23,000,000 each, sta te and will a tte n d lectures and The th ird location will be in th e d< m onstrations on subjects of vicinity of Bend, and it m ay be th eir choice and on which they have an a n ti-a irc ra ft contingent, an h id tra in in g th ro u g h th e ir club arm y a ir corps or ju s t plain in- work. fa n try . F o r W ashington the site Those w inning scholarships are will be som ewhere in the Y akim a- M arg h erita von B orstel, Shelton Pasco region, b u t no inform ation p -itts, jr, Ed F ritts , B etty Ju hnke, h?> been released on eith er the Vera Je a n H enrichs, C assie von W ashington o r c e n tral Oregon B orstel A najean K nighten, Clyde projects. F ridley jr., M errill S ath er, J e r ry A rm y men are still figuring on W ilson, jr. Bobby Huck, Lloyd lo cating a pow der-m aking p la n t, Kelley,¡ Leland B arn et, Jack v<m in the Pacific n o rth w e st and the ‘B a r r e l and Claudine Thompson.** only site th a t appeals to them is O thers of the county will be per- ir. the vicinity o f w est U m atilla, m itted to go upon paym ent of the w here the land slopes rig h t; w here costs of the trip which to ta l th ere is unlim ited w a te r and where $15.75. I t is expected th a t much th ere is o p p o rtu n ity for a new la rg e r group th a n above enum er- se ttle m e n t of in d u strial w orkers, ated will attend. A rm y officials are tig h t lipped, — b u t it is known th a t th ere is not _ , enough powder production capa- L fiH Q C r S r H Y O F Q U O t c l S city y et, despite the governm ent building p lants and subsidising I _ V n fp p riv ate com panies to operate them . 111 V U I U I U g ▼ « 1 C Four Towns Visited By County Agent and AAA Chairman Seeking Support Meetings called for the express ed purpose of informing farmer8 ab out th e coming vote on quotas have been held in fo u r towns of this county this week w ith LaRoy W rig h t, county ag en t, Joe Peter», AAA ch airm an, and local com- munity committeemen in charge. A bout 150 farmer» have »trend ed th ese m eetings. It has been reported th»t 1*4» „ absentee ballots have been sent out and these are being returned with a unanimous affirmative vote to date. Wright prepared a written argu ment which he read at all meet ings in which he compared the situation labor has placed itself The following quotations are in with the farmer’s position. Ha based on prices being paid in told of the industry enforced oil W ednesday’s trad in g . restrictions and the original tariff C A TTLE: Good g rain fed steers - theory, which, he said, puts thji $¡‘.25 to 10.65. Good g rain fed farmer at a disadvantage unless h eifers $0.25 to 10.15. Good beef he also has government payments. iiw.-- $8.00 to 8.60; g la s s cows He stated that the Federal Farm $7.50 to 8.00, Medium $7.25 to Beard had a surplus that made it 7.75; common $6.25 to 7.00, canners imffective without power to re $5.25 to 6.00. Bulls, medium to strict production. Canada will good $8.00 to 0.15; common $6.75 have 850 million bushels, Argen to 7.50. V ealers, good to choice tina 400 million bushels and <he $11.00 to 12.00. United States 1,250 million bush HOGS: Good to choice 170 to 215 els of grain at the end of thia crop lb tru ck in s $0.50 to 0.70; 230 to year, he reported, and thia will 285 U) 'b u tc h e rs $8.15. to 0.00; lig h t bear down the market if quotas w eight b utchers $8.50 to 9.00; are not voted. packing sows $7.50 to 8.25. Feed- Penalties Given c , pigs $9.00 to 10.50 Stock Price Holds Firm Another Week 'Thn rir&ntic R iver R oue- plant of the Ford Motcr company at Dearborn, Mich., largest sin-1? industrial .t a n P E £ ™ 1 4 ~ v « , . eight thou.xr.4 .tr ik ta , C.I.O. a u t. w o rk e rs th re w 85.0C0 e m p lo y e r, ou: Of work Inset: ’ One of the men involved in the battle between pickets and workers, shown as he tum bled into the gutter after being struck by one of the many flying m issiles. Non-High School Farm Prices Rise Red Cross To Board Calls Demand For Hold Meeting, Budget Funds Director Election The Sherm an 'County chapter, The non-high school board of Food Increases A m erican Red Cross, has called a Sherm an county will hold an elec tion Ju n e 16, an n u al school m eet- ing day, and choose a d irec to r from Zcne 3, com prising E rsk in e, Also, the ordinance department L eaders o f O regon’s fa rm o rga- B oardm an and M onkland d istrict, needs a source n ea r the PaciBe Bizntions and s ta te officials, includ- T. H. F ra s e r is th e incum bent in coast to supply the navy and to in? Qovernor Charles A. Sprague, this position. On th is day also provide ammunition for the troops endorsed wheat marketing districts will vet« on -their budgets in Alaska (now about ajMMUa that asked that they be ap- fee the coming school year and territory) and for the army air proved by O regon’s w heat grow ers will elect a board m em ber and cc; ps. The m unitions base a t H erm iston is to be a w arehouse for bombs etc., b u t th ere is no provision fo r m aking the propel lan ts in th at- te rrito ry nor an y w here in th e n o rth w est yet. W ar d ep artm en t is not supposed to be politically m inded, but the reason cantonm ents have been selected for the fu tu re in w estern ^ e g o n s'nd in ea ste rn W ashington Wasco Ball Club Meetings Held Continues Streak jn QJ Of Winning F7 As Strike Closed Ford Plant For 4-H School Washington, D. C., May 29.^ A t least three military projects in Oregon and another in Washington will be officially authorized when the army is increased (which is a Official County Paper Moro, Oregon. Friday, May 30 , 1941 F ifty-T h ird Y ear N o . 30 a t the referendum th is S atu rd ay , clerk. May 31. “There is no question b u t th a t O egon will be much b e tte r off if the quota is approved,” G overnor S prague told the sta te AAA com p- ttee, a t th e sam e tim e announc- The 1041 O regon brand book, had voted fo r the The governor ca st an aih- containing the thousan d s o f b ra n d . ,jtas th a t were re-recorded in 1940, is ,ltee ballot a s a w heat grow er New Brand Book, Printed, Available A sh arp rise in fa rm p rice s frOin m eeting for F rid ay night, Ju n e 6, m id-M arch to mid-M ay, despite ar the rooms of the Moro lib rary b e tte r th an averag e crop produc- at 7.30. tion prospects, is the o u tstan d in g Purpose of the m eeting is to ta c t of the c u rre n t a g ric u ltu ra l nw? finance com m ittee which situ atio n as reviewed b y the the-funds now on hand a g ric u ltu ra l extension service a t and those to be handled th rough C S C. in the c u rre n t re p o rt ju s t the year. C. A. Tom, of Rufus, released. presid en t of the ch ap ter, was here The advance in the gen eral level W ednesday to make arran g e m e n ts of prices fo r farm products is for the m eeting. e 'tim a te d to have been around 10 per cen t for the tw o-m onth period. The rise is a ttrib u te d principally to stro n g e r dem and from dom estic consum ers and governm ent activi ties under the defense p rogram . Com pared with a y ear ago, |A nation wide drive fo r funds m eat anim als and tru ck crops for soldiers and sailors recreation 2 ^ 0 gain price will begin June 3 when the U nited b Lowed by poultry products and Si rvice organization will s ta r t the d a iry products. P rices for these C( n!mot)itics usually respond r a th job of g ath erin g $10,765,000 to provide homelike services for the e r definitely to changes in the men in arm y and navy and m arine p u rch asin g power of consum ers. corps. A lthough milk production on May A m usem ents, places to w rite 1 was 6 per cent g re a te r th a n a le tte rs, shows, advice, places to y ea r previous, farm prices . f o r . m eet friends are provided th ro u g h d airy products were fully 10 per the USO which is a com bination of cent h ig h er due to -strong dem and six agencies th a t served the 'm en w ith m ounting payrolls. From the stan d p o in t of production in the last war. V eterans of th a t an increase in o u tp u t of m ost farm w ar will recall the value of th e Y p ioducts ap p eals probable. Crop hut? and KC houses. In this county thq com m ittee is conditions are gen erally b etter th an the average a t this season of composed of Ju dge George P o tte r, year and in tere st in expanding Viggo H äufelt, Wily K nighten, pi eduction of certain item s needed H ..„ry P eters and Giles French. fo r b e tte r diets is b ein g s tim u la t ed by governm ent m easures. Production prospects in the co u n try as a whole are b e tte r than av erage. Indications are favorable f >r an abundance of hay. On May 1 p astu res were the b est fo r the d ate since 1920. P o u ltry flocks are being increased su b stan tially , a ad cattle, hogs, and sheep are be ing increased som ew hat. W heat and rye prospects are vi ry favorable. The May 1 e sti m ate of w inter w heat production wa? 653,000,000 bushels com pared with 590,000,000 in 1940. Prospects are also favorable for sp rin g w heat yields, though it is to early to m ake definite estim ates. C a rry over stocks of w heat are also sure to be abnorm ally high. In view of this condition the n ational w heat acreage allotm ent fo r 1942 has (been set a t 55,000,- 000 acres, w ith O regon’s share be ing 756,281 acres. This national allo tm en t is the . m inim um allow able under th e ag ricu ltu ral ad ju st m ent act. USO Campaign Will Start Next Week Ol t thaL quotas m ust be adopted if stock ow ners of the sta te . The w icat p r iCes a re to be supported book is available th ro u g h the s ta te federal loans, the governor p re departm ent, of ag ric u ltu re, anim al division. T here is a one dollar di :ted th a t prices will drop to charge, which is the cost of com “ very low levels” unless this aid piling and printing. is given. T his is the first brand book pub P residents of the s ta te ’s farm lished in Oregon since 1918. I t 01 cranizations endorsed the quotas contains some 6.000 brands, m ost m the follow ing statem en ts, re- ly those used on ca ttle, horses and leased by the s ta te i AAA corn- sheep. P oultry m ark in g s are re m t te e : : president Oregon corded also. Mac Hoke, T hrough courtesy of the Ore- It is tru e ; th a t m any im portant p ?rm (Bureau— “ m a t many , i n t l n l r e i » - F ailu re to approve C attle and H orse R aisers’ a s . co n tra cts have been aw arded m .r k e f n g quotas un d er the law sociation, every m em ber of th a t stric tly on a fa ir basts, but never- m no w h eat loans and no o ja tio in n in Kood in g g win good stan stan d d in will th eless th ere are a few new deal- w’>eat loans a t a tim e when th ere K , ____ r ,____ , receive a free copy of the bran d ers who have raised the roof until js no ex p o rt ou tlet and our avail- book. The association-purchased co n stitu en ts have been given con- a i je supply alm ost tw ice our an- bcoks are in a special red binding. tra c ts. I t ap p ears th a t if a new n u aj dom estic requirem ents m eans di a le r howls loud enough the w ar 25 to 30 cents a bushel for w heat, d e p a rtm e n t su rren d ers ra th e r than E i t h e r the fa rm e r, nor th e ihusb c a rry on a controversy»» w ith a nfJE m an dependent on him can m em ber who can do dam age on a flOrd to risk any such calam ity .” the floor of sen ate or house. Such Ray w . Gill, president -Oregon th re a ts have been made. It ap- s t .Ate G range—“ W estern Oregon W hile th ere has -been no rains p ears th a t sen ato rial courtesy pre- wh ea t grow ers, to whom w heat is of consequence th is week the v ents in v estig atin g com m ittees n f t a m ain crop objective—should w eather has been dam p and some fro m delving too deeply Into in take into account th e im p o rtan t rain has fallen to keep the air stan ces w here th re a ts o f m em ef.ects of this vote upon the farm - Cool and the ground dam p. T here b ers have influenced the arm y. er«> of ea ste rn Oregon and o th er have been y ears in which the pre- T here is talk of these m a tte rs in sections hose m ain livelihood comes cipitation of this week would be called a p re tty fa ir show er but the cloakroom s, but never on the fl jn , w h ea t production.” Ore- this y ear it is of little consequence floor of the senate cham ber o r in H arley Libby, president, F a rm e rs ’ Union—“ It is not so We-t ha? been the spring.. In all th e com-rnittee hearings g ir to be viewed a s a cure-all, and 22 of an inch fell, Pre. Min Max som ething which Office th e re a re ju s t criticism s, b u t un til May 46 81 of Civilian Defense intends doing w t have a b e tte r plan, ready and .2 2 46 23 J to the non-com batants of the effective, it would be a grave 64 24 no' thw est. O rganization of vol- m a tte r to discard the loan ana 50 75 25 r u n teer fire fighters w hether or not quota basis.” 43 63 26 a com m unity ha? a paid d ep art- tPredicting a stro n g affirm ative .07 * 42 61 mCnt, and these are to be instruct- vote, S ecretary of S ta te E a rl Snell 27 .15 43 59 ed in how to extinguish incendi- said— “ R egardless of w heth er th e 28 nriec and fires caused by exploding establishm ent o f planned control originally advisable, present STU D EN TS G R A D U A TE ib o nibs. Mostly,, the train in g is was throw ing a bucket of sand on the u n certain ties and the known ex- G raduation exercises fo r the flam es and having plenty of sand ibte rc d of enorm ous surpluses leave Moro high school w ere held Tues- huckets handy—especially on the little question as to the desirabili- ¿ ay n ig h t a t the school house hoofs of houses and buildings; ty of .voting fo r such a plan. with Rev. R. A. H utchinson of instruction on how to reach the • J. D. Mickle, s ta te director of Salem m aking th e, talk to the ti n of a house quickly. a rric u ltu re , say s the quota plan g ra d u ates. Claudine Thom pson was T ra in in g in d u strial and office re p resen ts cooperative action which valedictorian and V era Jea n Hen- f l |e W L lC C D S e w irkP-ii in Street fighting w ith the only possible w ay to handle r> h s and A rdis T ru itt jo in t salu- . • trtinniv r u n s ; the bushw hacking of the p r e s e n t surplus situation. W. ta to ria n s. O ther m em bers of the C u rren t d riv er’s licenses ex p irt invader while tak in g advantage L. T eutsch, a s s is ta n t director of cfass were M ax B arzee, M earle Ju n e 30th and new perm its will an i * ... . zx o n ----- 4k» t — s- v ----- ... v i »..or. required a fte r th a t d ate, ac cording to E arl Snell, S ecretary of S tute. Persons 70 y ears of age approaching . or older m ust take the sta te ex effective m ark e t oem ano, ence Lawrence; Boy atm ete, r«yn- in stan tly to a moving headquar- w ith ters w here th e essential reports which haR long been th e policy den M ersinger; Girl ath lete, Glau- am ination for new p erm its and not holding c u rren t nre ’collected and sent to a gen- advocated by th e college.. R esults dine Thom pson; B est g rades, Don- persons licenses also m ust tak e the exam i j h ea d cu arte rs. Men and worn- of th e election will indicate th e a pi Thom pson; second, Claudine will be* volunteers in This obserr a ttitu d e of fa rm e rs concerning Thom pson. H ighest class in grades, nation. All others may* renew en w ithout an exam ination. freshmen. this principle, he says. is because those areas have receiv- ed nothing. The arm y recognizes the need of votes and of sca tte rin g • around its projects to its b e st ab ility and to the availability of sites in congressional d istricts •which fit into its plans. And be lieve it or not th ere are new deal congressm en who have insisted on frie n d s receiving contracts, and have been successful. More Rain falls, Weather Cool Everybody Must (Couiinued on Page two) w 4. * .. S l’ L E P : Good to choice sp rin g lam bs $10.50 to 10.75; m edium to good, $'.>.75 to 10.25; common $0.00 to 0.50. S la u g h ter ewes, good to rfcoi $TT)0 To 3.1J01 Feeder'lambs, good to choice, $0.00 to 9.25. Shorn lam bs 6.50 to 7.50. Minimum Prices Will Hold Briefly The notice of m inimum prices of tax foreclosed p ro p erty in Sherm an county is published in tbi: issue of the Sherm an County J< u rnal. The sale of this p ro p er ty will begin Ju n e 13 and m ay he continued day by day. Those w ishing to hid on p roperty m ay do so by a tten d in g the sale or seeing sheriff about it and placing a Cities have the rig h t to ta k e p -o p erty in th eir city lim its a t the price ibid. Notification will he given c^ies of the price hid and they will have 20 days to exercise th e ir option. A fte r the sale is conclud ed the county court will have the rig h t to sell a t any price but these m inim um prices will prevail d u r ing the sale. Moneys derived from the sale will go to the coun- ty fund and will not be divided with o th er tax in g units. World's Greatest Spectacle If the loans are allowed to re main in effect by a favoralble vote on the quotas, he said, the price obtained by Sherman county farm ers will be between $1.06 and >L10. If the quotas are not adopted there will be a penalty o f 46 cents per bushel and 4«hot” wheat can pnly receive a loan of 60 percent of properly produced wheat. Argument developed to ebyff that farmers are really Voting, on loans on wheat and not on quotas for all wheat produced on fUoted acres can be sold, or loaned typon, if the quotas pass. Firpaera »re, however, voting for the quota theory of farm control. J. B. Adams spoke at three of the meetings saying that » 1 » program is not a new deal piro gi nm. It is not the wheat league program entirely but is as dloae to the expressed wishes of th» yrheat giewers of the mid-Oolum^i» basin as could be obtained in » ^ ^ ch as ocher districts wished another sort of program. He showed the difference be tween conditions now apd w^en the first World War began, ^ e are now a creditor nation, there is qow a surplus of wheat, exports must now ibe subsided up to 311 cents, all of which did not prevail in 1917. •At none of the meetinga JIM there any expression o f opposition to a favorable vote on the quotas. Students May Not Be Drafted University of Oregon, A lthough actu al deferrmont r»»ta with local boards, university Mu- dents will in many case» be _ , an opportunity to continue their studies next year, it was decided here by Dr. Earl M. Pnlletti-.Mbc utive secretary of the Univer»ity of Oregon, who spoke receb^?--- fore a meeting of men eligibly .to selective service. Studnts who are in their second, third or fourth year of w ori,»»\tte university and who prefer to com plete their requiremont» for uation should request dfdfrrment for six months, with reqcORM* ho pointed out. The rumor that only upperclassmen nearing graduation would be deferred is not true, he declared. Students applying, tor such deferrment should have »t least average grades, however, he said. Apparently the tendency 1», w allow students to finish $h»ir d i versity work whenever and when it will be in interests of the •tudents,, Pallett stated. All deci»l©M,J$B»t with the local boards, atoea.J q Grand Canyon is always described as tlie world’s greatest aro no arbitrary ru)M M . ‘ pe-iacle by the thousands who visit it each year. There is noth tions regarding such cases. ■ «• ing in the world which approaches it in form, size and color. From Chris Taylor waa up from the Bright Angel Point on the north rim, the canyon is thirteen m iles across and has an average depth of a mile. Grand Canyon was river this week attending to business. j made a national park In 1019. -----
